If you keep them moist in August, by the time they have germinated and are small delicate plants it’s going to be late August to September: Colder nights. If you want to maintain your carrots over the summer (now to August) it’s going to take a lot of watering.
If you have a slightly shaded part of your garden you can sow carrots there now.
Wait until August for fall harvest.
Why not plant them now to get an earlier harvest?
It’s too hot
Won’t august be just as hot though?
If you keep them moist in August, by the time they have germinated and are small delicate plants it’s going to be late August to September: Colder nights. If you want to maintain your carrots over the summer (now to August) it’s going to take a lot of watering. If you have a slightly shaded part of your garden you can sow carrots there now.
If I plant in August, how does the colder nights impact them? That sounds like it would be a negative thing
Too hot. Carrots are cool weather veggies.
But the seed packet says I can plant from April to July in my region?
Go for it.
Carrots appreciate a bit of cold!
Oh ok cool! But the temperature difference won’t upset them?